Jonny Greenwood Quotes

People tend to scare you pointing out your shortfalls. If you voluntarily admit your faults, then people won't have anything to point out.

People's behaviour towards you changes when your films don't work. It's a painful period.

Your harshest critic is always going to be yourself. Don't ignore that critic but don't give it more attention than it deserves.

The director calmed me down and told me I was being too hard on myself. He went on to say that I wasn't quite as bad as I thought, but needed to tone things down a bit.

The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability. I can't worry about that.

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.

The easiest way to not believe your own hype is to not know what people are saying about you.

The criticism does not hurt because I have always been my own worst critic. I wouldn't say I don't respect other people's opinions, but my opinion is the most important.

I think I may have created a monster with my - I won't say act - but with my redneck pose.

I'm always trying to improve. I think I take criticism constructively.

Frankly speaking, if I care what people write, whether it is positive or negative, I believe, personally, I'm on the wrong path.

You have days where you're trying to be your best, and you say something, and you see it being written in three different places and in a way that you didn't mean for it to be interpreted. But you just try to do your best. You kind of just have to let everything else roll off your back.

I don't like reading good things about myself. With the criticism and the negative things, I always think that makes me better.

I'm super self-critical, which I think is good, because then I get exactly what I want. I'm critical of other people, too - I try not to be, though.

When you feel yourself being critical, whether it is of yourself or another person, stop yourself. Look for positive aspects to admire.

I get hate mail. I get bad mail. People say they will boycott you or the team.

Ignorance is always ready to admire itself. Procure yourself critical friends.

I don't care about people kissing my ass or telling me how great I am. I don't really give a damn. I read the bad stuff a whole lot more than I read the good stuff. I read that because there are always going to be critics who are going to say how good you aren't.

Self-criticism expands the opportunities for discourse and eliminates the need for an adversary.

I try not to read about myself. Why would reading about yourself be interesting? You're only going to be told you're doing a good job and get big headed about it, or be told you're rubbish and get down in the dumps. What's the point?

I'm my own biggest critic, and the only way I'm going to improve is to see what I was doing wrong.

When people get more me, they'll hate me.

Were we to think more of our own mistakes and offences, we should be less apt to judge other people.

I'm wonderfully self-lacerating, probably to my character's detriment. I'm terribly open to critique.

Someone said: "I have been prejudiced against myself from my earliest childhood: hence I find some truth in all blame and some stupidity in all praise. I generally estimate praise too poorly and blame too highly.